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Home Farm Left Westhorpe Willoughby On The Wolds Nottinghamshire LE12 6TD

26/00742/PAQPrior Approval Class QRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)5 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Prior approval application under Class Q for change of use of an existing agricultural building (former stables) to a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

Received
27 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Bunny
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Home Farm Left Westhorpe Willoughby On The Wolds Nottinghamshire LE12 6TD. Rushcliffe has handled 420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Rushcliffe's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Bunny. We hold 1,744 applications in total for the LE12 postcode area.

76% of outline applications at Rushcliffe Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the site is currently part of an established agricultural unit, or alternatively that it is a former agricultural building that was previously part of an established agricultural unit and that it has not been used for any other use subsequently. The proposal is not therefore considered to constitute development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The proposed new canopy does not fall within the building operations set out in Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q, section Q.1.(j)(i) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended). It is not therefore development permitted under Class Q(c) of the above Order. It would not be sited to the rear of the existing building and would also extend beyond a wall that forms a principal elevation of the existing building. It therefore fails to comply with sections Q.1(i)(ii) and Q.1(i)(vi) and is not therefore development permitted under Class Q (b) of the Order.
  3. The proposed new chimney does not fall within the building operations set out in Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q, section Q.1.(j)(i) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended) and is not therefore development permitted under Class Q(c) of the above Order. The chimney would not be sited to the rear of the existing building and would be higher than the highest part of the roof of the existing building. It therefore fails to comply with sections Q.1(i)(ii) and Q.1(i)(v) and is not therefore development permitted under Class Q(b) of the Order.
  4. No Preliminary Bat Roost Assessment has been submitted with the application. In the absence of such a survey, the Local Planning Authority cannot undertake its duty under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 to consider whether the development would adversely affect European Protected Species or their habitats.
  5. No structural survey has been submitted with the application. The applicant has therefore failed to demonstrate that the existing building is capable of conversion to a dwelling. The proposal is not therefore considered to constitute development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LE12 6TD
Application type
Prior Approval Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Willoughby On The Wolds

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
22 June 2026
Consultation start
22 June 2026
Consultation end
22 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
28 April 2026
Last date for comments
22 June 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026
Permission expires
22 June 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
44 Old Coppice Side Heanor DE75 7DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 May 2026
Site notice end
30 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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